What she went through is absolutely horrible.
A Tampa woman whom we only know as R.W., was raped. She was treated by the rape crisis center, who gave her two emergency contraception pills, one to be taken immediately and one to be taken 12 hours later. When she reported the rape to the police, they uncovered an arrest warrant on R.W. for failure to pay restitution and failure to appear. After she was arrested, a Hillsborough County guard confiscated her second pill, claiming it was against her religious beliefs.
It’s sad enough that she was arrested while trying to report something so traumatic, but to also deny her to right to some autonomy to prevent herself from being pregnant from the rape - it’s just gut wrenching.
